Solved Can v15.5 backup be restored on v16

[Yellow_Flash]

Hi,

I've seen in few posts that you have to use the backup at the time of the installation and once the installation is complete you cant use the backup anymore.
Can someone please give me some clarity on this?

For instance, we have 2 instances.
One is v15.5 SP6 running on windows 10
Second one is v16 running on Debian.

Can the backup from v15.5 be used on v16 so that both the system have the same configuration?
Just to let you know, the v16 is already configured.

Thank you

 

[Yellow_Flash]

While creating the new install(Server 3) we use the backup from Server 1(v15.5) and complete the installation.
Once installation is complete, we take a backup of Server 3(v16).
Can this backup be used with the Server 2, as they are both v16?

So I believe this method can be used to bring the v16 debian to the same configuration as that of production(v15.5) eventhough we forgot to use backup at the time of install

 

[JohnS_3CX]

The answer is no - let me clarify this point again - the backup can only be restored DURING the setup. You cannot have a situation where the server is already running a standard license and then you restore a backup on it with a Pro license from another machine. So:

New Instance = you can restore any backup you want, during setup time

Existing Instance = you can only restore backups it made of itself, not backups from other machines

 

[AWS2P]

New Instance = you can restore any backup you want, during setup time

Existing Instance = you can only restore backups it made of itself, not backups from other machines

This can't be clearer

 

[Yellow_Flash]

The answer is no - let me clarify this point again - the backup can only be restored DURING the setup. You cannot have a situation where the server is already running a standard license and then you restore a backup on it with a Pro license from another machine. So:

New Instance = you can restore any backup you want, during setup time

Existing Instance = you can only restore backups it made of itself, not backups from other machines

Thank you for clarifying.
that was as clear as it can get. Appreciate it.